If the SI-2k body can capture 2K footage directly to cineform raw, is there any chance you'll be releasing it as a separate device with a hd-sdi/hdmi input for capturing other sources directly to cineform HD? I know that's what the wafian is for, but the SI-2k body seems quite a bit more portable and seems like it could be easily be outfitted with an HD capture card. Of course it might be limited if it only has 1x pci-e internally. Speaking of which, what are the specs on the current SI-2k body?

Another slightly unrelated question: to what extent is cineform capture tweakable to support less capable systems? I know hdlink has low medium and high quality/size settings, but by my (very) brief tests they do not vary in encoding speed by more than 15%, if at all. I'd really appreciate knowing exactly what is required and/or recommended in terms of CPU power for capturing RAW and HD cineform in realtime using a mobile processor. Sounds like a 2.33GHz merom cpu might even be cutting it close, but what about 1.83Ghz as it is 1/3 the price? Can cineform be configured to run stably on such a cpu?

Sorry Noah, I would like to answer these questions, but this stuff is getting into David Newman territory, especially when you're talking about 422 and 444 (not RAW) encoding.

yeah that makes sense. Maybe i should move this to the Cineform forum (I didnt realize they had one).